The Bush administration has failed to reduce or control marijuana use in the United States. Marginal changes in marijuana and other drug use have been distorted to support false claims that incremental progress in reducing marijuana and other drug use has been achieved. Marijuana use is fundamentally the same as when President Bush took office and illicit drug use overall has increased. Drug use data do not support Bush administration claims that its policies have had a significant impact on illicit drug use in the United States.

Increases in drug treatment admissions for marijuana (often cited by officials as "proof" of marijuana's dangers) are driven by criminal justice policies rather than medical diagnosis. These policies increase public costs for providing drug treatment services and reduce funds for and availability of treatment of more serious drug problems.

Bush Administration documents acknowledge the failure of their national drug control strategy.

I was especially disturbed by the fact that while drug treatment admissions for marijuana have increased since 1996, not even half (45 percent) of these individuals met the criteria for being dependent, but rather had the misfortune to be caught in possession of marijuana. This is a clear waste of resources that could better be spent treating those who actually are suffering from drug addiction.

In the topsy-turvy world of the war on drugs, however, logic and common sense rarely carry the day.

As the Executive Director of the Marijuana Policy Project here in Washington remarked, “The most intense war on marijuana since Reefer Madness, including record numbers of arrests every year since 2003, has wasted billions of dollars and produced nothing except pain and ruined lives.”

wild

Nader/Gonzalez Independent Presidential candidate 2008, has made public statement supporting Legalization of Marijuana. Agreeing that the 'war on drug' is not effective remedy.

The legalization of marijuana does NOT legalize what people do, while in possession/influenced by weed. The legalization of marijuana can & should shake all sorts of law enforcement/judicial/incarceration practices that are the true sustainers & benefactors of the 'war on drug'.

Legalization of alcohol, was similar remedy that continues to work. Taxed & regulated, honorable trade & professions in the alcohol industry have resulted from the legalization of alcohol.

wild ;)

October 10, 2008

6:13 PM

Syx

Isn't it 'funny' that since we invaded Afghanistan, the Exported Drugs from there has INCREASED like 5 Times that of what used to come out of there before our occupation!
Seems to me the rumors I heard in the recent past, and have seen videos of, are most likely true; That the Current administration has allowed and even funded and profited from drug trafficking from Afghanistan, and that the same admin has planned to keep America Wasted, or at least high enough in general to keep the minds of our youth from thinking too much! They don't want a bunch of thinking people out there trying to ruin their evil agenda; the mass culling, and mind control of our citizens, plus more horrors than I care to mention.
So far I would say it's working! Most people are in a daze when it comes to polocies of our White House, and their cronies. The people for the most part are so Brain-Washed that they don't want to even admit these terrors are coming from Washington, among other places. They say "that can't be true! That's way too bizzare. Our administration wouldn't do that to their own people!!" etc., etc......
I wish America would WAKE UP!!
PEOPLE LOOK INTO THESE THINGS, FIND THE TRUTH!!!!!!
Syx.

October 12, 2008

8:47 PM

Jack

Maybe if people didn't possess Marijuana, they wouldn't get arrested for it.